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News13 Feb 2014DSM is expanding its Dyneema Purity fibre portfolio by commercially launching its thinnest, high-strength, medical-grade UHMWPE fibre.
Insight12 Feb 2014Suominen, the Finland-headquartered manufacturing company active in textiles, nonwovens and plastics, has stated that it plans to take advantage of the growing nonwovens market in South America.
News12 Feb 2014The speciality yarns sector is a niche market with extremely high business potential for the future, Oerlikon Barmag has told WTiN.com.
A number of military exchanges that act as apparel buyers for the US Government have, in the past, sourced their private-label clothing from factories in Bangladesh without taking any independent action to investigate or remedy safety hazards and illegal working conditions, according to a new report from the International Labor Rights Forum(ILRF).
News12 Feb 2014Magna International Inc is to pair its automotive know-how with Italian intellectual property company bio-on's chemical expertise to research how production of a natural polyester product can be elevated to an industrial, cost-effective scale.
News12 Feb 2014The technical textiles market share in India currently stands at 11.43%, according to figures recently released by the Ministry of Textiles, and the Government of India has set up several initiatives to drive this industry’s growth going forward.
News10 Feb 2014Interface, the carpet tile manufacturer, is now operating its European manufacturing facility in Scherpenzeel, The Netherlands, with 100% renewable energy (both electricity and gas), using virtually zero water in its manufacturing processes and has attained zero waste to landfill.
News10 Feb 2014The Government of India has launched a new Integrated Processing Development Scheme (IPDS) to establish four to six Brown Field projects and three to five Green Field projects to address the environmental issues faced by the textile processing units.
